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Not in a hundred years. His interior defense is so bad it makes BoT look like Ben Wallace.

I love Smith. His effort level is a bit up and down, but I think he has never real felt in the right place in Atlanta. A change of scenery will probably do him good. His defensive effort is always pretty good.

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But he has been living in a mountain atmosphere, that rarefied air. Right along with the price. Sound familiar? JD made his pitch, let us move on.

If the Pistons get Smith (probably unlikely), then they probably need to move Monroe. I'm not that high on Monroe right now, so this doesn't bother me. He seems to have plateaued, so if the Pistons can get a player like Rondo, I'm okay with that.

Now I'm going into crazy land, but that's what this offseason stuff is all about, so bear with me...
Starting with $25 million in cap space...

Let's say they ship Monroe, Stuckey, and Knight to Boston for, say, Rondo and Gerald Wallace. They're now down to about $17 million in cap space.

Dump The Bucket: now they're back up to $25 million.

Having Rondo and Drummond might be enough to encourage Smith to sign. Now they're down to $12 million.

Now they have Rondo, Smith, and Drummond as their clear-cut starters for next season, with a bench including Singler, English, Middleton, Jerebko, and Krav.

Throw $11 million at Iggy, giving them Rondo, Iggy, Smith, and Drummond and $1 million of cap space.

Throw the MLE at Kyle Korver and the Bi-LE at Calderon. Sign their rookies.

Look at that defense. Look at it. Want to be the best defensive team in the league? Slide Wallace into the 3, Iggy to the 2, and watch Pistons games struggle to reach 150 combined points.

This squad clearly leaves them with one of the best defenses in the league, but don't forget the fact that you have outside shooting, two excellent point guards, and athleticism all up and down the lineup. It's a little thin in the frontcourt, but you can't be perfect everywhere.

Damn, why am I sitting at home coming up with this and not making hella good money for it?